Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Addressing fundamental aspects of underwater acoustic communication, this collection presents recent advances in clustering, topology control, routing, fault tolerance, time synchronization, medium access control, software, hardware, and channel modeling. The contributors propose architectures for 2D and 3D underwater sensor networks, assess MAC protocols, and describe a hardware/software co-design of low-cost sensor nodes for deployment in a shallow underwater environment. Editor Xioa (U. of Alabama) is co-author on four of the 12 papers. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)